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BICYCLE BELL.

A 110.591,600. Patented Oct. 12,1897.

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Witwe/aow UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

SAMUEL GOULDEN, OF NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD-ZUSI, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of VLetters Patent No. 591,600, dated October 12, 18977.

Appiimion nea Imi@ 7,1897. seria No. essenze.v om man.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL GOULDENJL British subject, residing atNewark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certainA new and useful' Im provements in Bicycle-Bells, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. This improvement relates to that class o bicycle-bells in which a swinging hammer is used in connection with a push-button;`V and its object is to provide a bell of this class which will be cheaply constructed, easily operated, and not likely to get out of order.

To these ends the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described and then denitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of a bell constructed according to my improvement with the gong removed. Fig.

2 is a similar plan with the operating parts which passes through the base and through said part 2 of the clamp. The other part of the clamp 4: is held by screws 5, which'pass loosely through the part 4 and into threaded holes in thepart 2.

The flange 6 on the base has a slot 7, through which passes a slide or pusher 8, having at one end a push-button 9, and its other end is pivoted at 10 to an arm l1, working on a pin 12, fast in the base. Secured in this arm is one end of a U-shaped spring 13,' whose other end has a slot 14, in which works an arm 15, connected with the hammer-'carrier 16, working on a stud 17, fast in the base. I prefer to make this hammer-carrier of a piece of wire coiled as shown in the drawings, one end of which forms the arm 15, while the other end carries the hammer-head proper; but it is obvious that the arm 15 and the arm .that carries the hammerhead may be made separate from the part that works on the stud or the entire part may be a small casting. In the normal position the parts remain as shown in Fig. 1, but when the button is pushed it causes the parts to assume the position shown in Fig. 2, with the spring partly closed, and makes the hammer give the gong 18 a sharp blow, and when the pressure is released the spring expands and thus forces the hammer back to its original position and giving a second blow on the bell. The end of arm l5 as it comes in contact with the flange 6 in one direction and with the post 3 in the other serves to limit the motion of thehammer.

From this it will be seen that I have produced a very simple bell, which is not only very convenient for operation, but can be cheaply made, so as to be capable of being sold at a low price and yet is not likely to get out of order.

What I claim as new is v The combination in a bell, of the base 1, having slotted iiange 6, the pusher 8 working through saidflange, the arm 1l pivoted to the base and to said pusher, the U-shaped Vspring '13 having one end connected to the arm 11 and its other end slotted, and the hammer 16 having an arm 15 working in the slot in the" spring, all substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 5th day of June, 1897. c

SAMUEL GOULDEN. Witnesses: Y

CATHERINE E. TATE, FEANcIs J. SwAYZIr.. 

